Chapter 3— Text
Multiline Commands
Purpose: The Multiline (ML) command allows you to print multiple lines of text
Format:
Example Input:
22
using the same font and line-height.
{command} {height}
{text} {font} {size} {x} {y}
{data}
"
{data}
<ENDMULTILINE>
where:
{command}:
{height}:
{text}:
{font}:
{size}:
{x}:
{y}:
{data}:
<ENDMULTILINE>: Terminates MULTILINE.
(or ENDML)
Input (MULTIL.LBL):
! 0 200 200 210 1
ML 47
TEXT 4 0 10 20
1st line of text
2nd line of text
:
Nth line of text
ENDML
FORM
PRINT
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Choose from the following:
MULTILINE
Prints multiple lines of text.
(or ML)
Unit-height for each line of text. For help, see
Appendix D, "Font Information."
Text command (TEXT, VTEXT, etc.). For help,
see "Text Commands" earlier in this chapter.
Name or number of the font. For help, see
"Resident Font Samples" earlier in this chapter.
Size identifier for the font. For help, see
"Resident Font Samples" earlier in this chapter.
Horizontal starting position. For help, see "Label
Coordinate System" in Chapter 1.
Vertical starting position. For help, see "Label
Coordinate System" in Chapter 1.
Text to be printed.